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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,692
    edited September 2016
    brianlux said:

    bootlegger10 said:

    Legalize it. There are lot worse things in the world to worry about.

    I don't know how I feel about other drugs. If they become even easier to get more people will get hooked on them, and I can't think of many positive side effects to cocaine and heroin.

    The key there is educate. Making something illegal can be enticing, exciting, exotic. Showing a kid a photo of someone who has been doing a lot of meth is more likely to repulse them than anything.
    The thing about the harder drugs is that they are still mainly used recreationally. Only about 10% of drug users - that's users of all drugs in general - are addicts. The other 90% are just recreational users. Heroine is in fact the second most popular recreational drug after weed.
    Alcohol is actually more dangerous than most of the drugs that people consider hardcore.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,569
    PJ_Soul said:

    brianlux said:

    bootlegger10 said:

    Legalize it. There are lot worse things in the world to worry about.

    I don't know how I feel about other drugs. If they become even easier to get more people will get hooked on them, and I can't think of many positive side effects to cocaine and heroin.

    The key there is educate. Making something illegal can be enticing, exciting, exotic. Showing a kid a photo of someone who has been doing a lot of meth is more likely to repulse them than anything.
    The thing about the harder drugs is that they are still mainly used recreationally. Only about 10% of drug users - that's users of all drugs in general - are addicts. The other 90% are just recreational users. Heroine is in fact the second most popular recreational drug after weed.
    Alcohol is actually more dangerous than most of the drugs that people consider hardcore.
    And what's interesting is that 10% seems to stay steady over time, despite what's legal or illegal, and easily accessable or not.
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    unsung said:

    Legalize all drugs.

    End the drug war.

    they did it in Portugal.

    https://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening#.Q7iMnTzie
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    fife said:

    unsung said:

    Legalize all drugs.

    End the drug war.

    they did it in Portugal.

    https://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening#.Q7iMnTzie
    That seems to me like a smart move.

    Any word on how that's working out over there?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,511
    if I had to choose one thing for my daughters to choose:

    1) alcohol
    2) weed

    I would choose weed 100% of the time.
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    if I had to choose one thing for my daughters to choose:

    1) alcohol
    2) weed

    I would choose weed 100% of the time.

    Yup. The kids I know who were stoner teens were mostly either very creative or a little dumb and goofy yet either way, all are alive and well. Of the alcoholic teenagers I've know, two died quite young as a direct result of too much drinking.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,511
    brianlux said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    if I had to choose one thing for my daughters to choose:

    1) alcohol
    2) weed

    I would choose weed 100% of the time.

    Yup. The kids I know who were stoner teens were mostly either very creative or a little dumb and goofy yet either way, all are alive and well. Of the alcoholic teenagers I've know, two died quite young as a direct result of too much drinking.
    and you never hear of women getting sexually assaulted while they are passed out on weed while watching a Louis CK special with her male friends eating Doritos.
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    I did everything I could to teach my kid about the consequences of drugs and alcohol, it seems to have worked.

    Godfather.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Godfather. said:

    I did everything I could to teach my kid about the consequences of drugs and alcohol, it seems to have worked.

    Godfather.

    Good job, God Father.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    brianlux said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    if I had to choose one thing for my daughters to choose:

    1) alcohol
    2) weed

    I would choose weed 100% of the time.

    Yup. The kids I know who were stoner teens were mostly either very creative or a little dumb and goofy yet either way, all are alive and well. Of the alcoholic teenagers I've know, two died quite young as a direct result of too much drinking.
    and you never hear of women getting sexually assaulted while they are passed out on weed while watching a Louis CK special with her male friends eating Doritos.
    True
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    brianlux said:

    Godfather. said:

    I did everything I could to teach my kid about the consequences of drugs and alcohol, it seems to have worked.

    Godfather.

    Good job, God Father.
    thanks ! one of the things I did was introduced him to some of my old friends who are pretty much toasted with nothing to show for an adult
    and told him about the dead ones as well.............I know that's an extreme method of getting a point across but I figured he would much rather learn mine and my friends mistakes than learning the hard way possibly.

    Godfather.

  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    for what it's worth

    "it could"
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    weddingparade said:

    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    for what it's worth

    "it could"
    ....and maybe not, but people who like to get high will and that's none of my business and once I retire it'll be me a beer and a hooter
    on the couch ! LOL !!!! probably not but it sure sounds good.

    Godfather.

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,511
    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    "it could make you socially inept and poor". that is such a ridiculous statement it completely discredits anything else said in the article. most of those points are, as weddingparade said, suppositions anyway.
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,692
    Godfather. said:

    weddingparade said:

    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    for what it's worth

    "it could"
    ....and maybe not, but people who like to get high will and that's none of my business and once I retire it'll be me a beer and a hooter
    on the couch ! LOL !!!! probably not but it sure sounds good.

    Godfather.

    What's a hooter?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    edited September 2016
    legalize pot so many useful purposes, as far as the harder stuff hell no keep it illegal...ill admit ive dabbled in the nose candy recreationally and have zero problems but nowadays you never know what you're getting when you have mans hands in the stuff

    look at the new heroin that is on the streets it has some animal drug in it and its killing people because you aren't supposed to dose it so high but they aren't being told this and are dropping like flies...lets just hope that Krokodile shit don't end up here causing issues like the fake synthetic stuff

    alcohol I think tops them all in people developing an addiction or alcohol related problems and issues in life don't hear many problems with people and weed
    Post edited by pjalive21 on
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    PJ_Soul said:

    Godfather. said:

    weddingparade said:

    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    for what it's worth

    "it could"
    ....and maybe not, but people who like to get high will and that's none of my business and once I retire it'll be me a beer and a hooter
    on the couch ! LOL !!!! probably not but it sure sounds good.

    Godfather.

    What's a hooter?
    what's a hooter ????? wow am I that old LOL !!!! it's what we called joints in So. Cal. during the late 70's and 80's

    Godfather.

  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    "it could make you socially inept and poor". that is such a ridiculous statement it completely discredits anything else said in the article. most of those points are, as weddingparade said, suppositions anyway.
    I have no idea how factual that stuff is but I bet we can all name at least one friend who moved up the ladder of progression a little slower than the rest because they were stoned all the time, some folks can function with life and responsibilities after a B load in the morning...(me not so much LOL !) and became successful in life so I guess it just depends on the individual.

    Godfather.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,692
    Godfather. said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Godfather. said:

    weddingparade said:

    Godfather. said:

    for what it's worth.
    http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/8-things-smoking-weed-does-your-body?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_1143879

    Godfather.

    for what it's worth

    "it could"
    ....and maybe not, but people who like to get high will and that's none of my business and once I retire it'll be me a beer and a hooter
    on the couch ! LOL !!!! probably not but it sure sounds good.

    Godfather.

    What's a hooter?
    what's a hooter ????? wow am I that old LOL !!!! it's what we called joints in So. Cal. during the late 70's and 80's

    Godfather.

    Lol! Pretty sure my first doob was in 1989, so yeah, never heard of it. You take a hoot off a joint or pipe, but never heard a joint called a hooter. I thought you meant some kind of sex pot girl or something, because if Hooters! I asked though, before accusing you of being a dirty old man. :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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